Tua Tagovailoa (Photo via PFF/status/Twitter)
Tua Tagovailoa had a rough night during Thursday Night Football.
The Miami Dolphins quarterback was ruled out Thursday’s game and diagnosed with a concussion just minutes after he rushed for a first down on fourth-and-4 and was tackled by Damar Hamlin.
After the play, Tagovailoa fell to the ground and went into a fencing position, which signals that a person has lost consciousness.
Now, it seems that Tua Tagovailoa may have actually suffered concussion-like symptoms earlier in the game, but they were ignored.
Damning video from Thursday Night Football shows Tua Tagovailoa frantically trying to escape a sack when he tossed the ball near the sideline in an effort to throw it away and save the play.
Unfortunately for him, he tossed his third interception on the night and it was returned for a touchdown.
At that moment, Tua had slightly jumped into the air and was pushed down to the ground by two Buffalo Bills defenders, hitting his head on the ground.
The Bills’ THIRD interception of Tua is a PICK SIX 🚨 pic.twitter.com/AyxAShyZT2
— PFF (@PFF) September 13, 2024
Slow motion of that video shows what happened to Tua Tagovailoa:
🚨TRENDING: #Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa may have sustained a head injury on the DRIVE BEFORE his soft collision with Damar Hamlin.
Tua’s head clearly hit the ground at full speed & despite that he was left in the game on the his pick-6 throw
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) September 13, 2024
Las Vegas Raiders HC Antonio Pierce Calls For Tua Tagovailoa to Retire
Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce has given his two cents on what he would advise Tua Tagovailoa to do after the Dolphins quarterback suffered another concussion Thursday night.
Thursday night marked Tagovailoa’s third diagnosed concussion in his NFL career.
Antonio Pierce explained why he would advise Tagovailoa to walk away from football:
“I’ll be honest, I’d tell him to retire,” Pierce said in his press conference, per NBC News.
“It’s not worth it. It’s not worth it.”
“Played the game, I haven’t witnessed anything like I’ve seen that’s happened to him three times. Scary. You can see right away, the players’ faces on the field. You can see the sense of urgency to get Tua help. I just think that at some point, you know, he’s going to live longer than he’s going to play football. Take care of your family.”
